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STR8 UP member and recent winner of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Aboriginal Order of Canada, Jorgina Sunn talks to reporter Leena Latafat (Global News) about transforming her life with help from the community and STR8 UP. “If you are struggling and you don’t...

Update: November 23: WE HAVE SOLD ALL TICKETS FOR OUR FUNDRAISER! Thanks to everyone for your support! Hi all! We're gearing up for a fundraiser this coming Monday, November 23, 2015 at Schryer's Smoked BBQ Shack! The event starts at 6:00pm and there will be a 50/50...

By Charles Hamilton, The Starphoenix November 7, 2015 It was the first time in his life Brad Christianson truly feared going to jail. He was 23 years old on the cold January morning when he walked into court, knowing his fate was sealed. By that time in his young...

Photo: Brad Christianson, Ivan Campeau, Austin McEwan and Father André Poilièvre. (Adrian Cheung) A group of former inmates says jails could help people deal with the issues that helped pull them into the justice system in the first place. But it takes a change in...

Jorgina Sunn is not proud of a lot of the things she did in her younger years, but she doesn't pretend they never happened. "By the time I was 21, I was a walking time bomb. I did all the things to maintain my addiction. I sold my body. I sold drugs. My life could...

By Charles Hamilton, The Starphoenix June 17, 2015 Photo: Police Chief Clive Weighill visits with members of Str8-Up - including Father Andre Poilievre and Shane Taysup - who attended the public meeting on policing in the city at the farmers market on Tuesday....